Análises de obras literárias voltadas à literatura infantil: produção de narrativas imagéticas sobre natureza e sociedade

Abstract

This research had as its overall objective to analyze the presence and potential of children's literature books that address the relationships between nature and society in municipal Early Childhood Education schools in Manaus, for children aged 4 and 5. The specific objectives were: to identify the literary books used at this stage that deal with this theme; to analyze how the textual and imagery narratives present in these works contribute to the appreciation of regional culture and the production of Amazonian children's identities; and to develop an evaluative protocol for selecting literary works that articulate these dimensions in an ethical and decolonial manner. The investigation, of a qualitative nature, was based on the analysis of representative works from the collections of three municipal schools - "A Onça" (Daniel Munduruku), "O Canto do Uirapuru" (Tiago Hakiy), "A Lenda da Vitória-Régia" (Ana Maria Machado), "Histórias de Bichos da Amazônia" and "Os Animais do Meu Quintal" (Ana Maria Souza Peixoto) - articulating references from Cultural Studies, Decoloniality, and post-critical pedagogy. The results achieved demonstrated that the analyzed works function as powerful cultural artifacts that, through the symbiosis of text and image, convey Amazonian worldviews that integrate humans, fauna, and flora into systems of interdependence. The analysis revealed how the narratives and illustrations: (a) promote identity self-recognition; (b) transmit environmental preservation values; and (c) offer epistemological alternatives to predominant anthropocentric views. As a product, a critical evaluative protocol was developed to guide educators in selecting literary works that contemplate Amazonian complexity. The research is linked to the Research Initiation Project developed between 2024 and 2025 by deepening the investigation into the production of imagery narratives in Early Childhood Education, expanding the analysis to the "Nature and Society" axis, and consolidating the proposal for creating evaluative instruments for Amazonian children's literature, thus forming a natural continuation of the studies initiated in the aforementioned project.